Forum Day 2 - The Wharton Global Alumni Forum Bogotá

Forum Schedule

Day 2 - May 21, 2009 (Thursday)

Updated: May 20, 2009 Dress Code: Business Casual for forum and Business Suit for Thursday Dinner *All Forum sessions, except for the Welcome Reception, will take place at AR Convention located directly across Radisson Bogota Hotel
Time	Event	Location

9:00 to 10:00 AM	Opening Plenary	Arcoiris Room
	Welcome Speech Natan and Lidia Peisach – Lead Sponsors
	Keynote Speaker Alfredo Carvajal, W’59 Former President, Carvajal S. A.
	Welcome from the Dean Thomas S. Robertson Dean and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise The Wharton School
10:00 to 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM to 12:00 Noon	Panel Discussions
	Panel #1: *Colombia – an Attractive Investment Destination even during the Crisis*	Arcoiris Room
	Moderator: Professor Neil A. Doherty Frederick H. Ecker Professor of Insurance and Risk Management The Wharton School
	Panelist: Hernan Mendez Bages General Manager, Inversiones Falabella De Colombia
	Augusto Jimenez Chief Executive Officer, Drummond Colombia
	Luis Carlos Sarmiento Gutiérrez President, Grupo Aval
	Panel #2: *Natural Resources: Growing the Supply of Food and Energy*	Arboleda Room
	Moderator: Professor Diana C. Robertson Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics The Wharton School
	Panelist: Pablo Casabianca President and General Manager Andean, Caribbean & Central American Region, Syngenta
	Abilio Ramos General Manager, Petrobras Colombia
	Javier Genaro Gutiérrez President, Ecopetrol S.A.
12:30 Noon to 1:00 PM	Lunch Keynote The 21st Century Megalopolis: Managing Giant Cities Enrique Peñalosa Former Mayor of Bogotá	Arcoiris Room
	Raffle Announcement
1:00 to 2:00 PM	Networking Lunch
2:30 to 4:00 PM	Panel Discussions
	Panel #3: *Why Colombia is Passion*	Arcoiris Room
	Moderator: Associate Professor Philip Nichols Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
	Panelist: Carlos Botero Executive Director, Inexmoda
	María Claudia Lacouture General Manager, Colombia's Country Image, Proexport
	Pedro Medina Founder, Fundación yo creo en Colombia
	Panel #4: Raising Capital in Difficult Markets	Arboleda Room
	Moderator: Professor Olivia S. Mitchell International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor The Wharton School
	Panelist: Roberto Albisetti IFC Country Manager for Colombia, Perú, Venezuela and Ecuador
	Alberto Gutierrez Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Titulizadora Colombiana
	Charles Moser Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
	Jose I. Robledo Partner, Estrategias Corporativas
5:00 PM	Transportation to dinner at Palacio de San Carlos
7:00 to 10:00 PM	Thursday Dinner is currently sold out, you will be places on a waiting list and notified as space becomes available.
	Dinner Keynote Álvaro Uribe Vélez President of the Republic of Colombia Bogotá
	Presentation of the Wharton School Dean's Medal